Glen O'Hara

gsoh31.bsky.social

13 July 2025 10:21

Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.

Trevor McCarthy

mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social

12 July 2025 00:39

Nationwide members do have binding votes on Board member They could vote against CEO & Chair being reappointed which would remove the Chair and the CEO’s voting rights Building Societies are succeeding by not being like the banks It wasn’t greedy building societies who caused the financial crash

Prem Sikka

premnsikka.bsky.social

12 July 2025 00:39

Anger as Nationwide refuses members a binding vote on boss’s 43% pay hike. Building Societies are mutuals but are run like private capitalist fiefdoms. Members' vote on pay is advisory, not binding. Execs can line their own pockets. Vote them all out. Change law: Make Member votes binding.

Grumpy Philosopher

stevecooke.org

10 July 2025 12:40

UK inflation is at 4%. So, naturally, our employers’ organisation has offered UK university staff a 1.4% pay rise. Final offer. After a decade of real-terms pay cuts & constantly worsening conditions, this is another kick in the teeth. We really aren’t valued by our employers or government.

Jo Wolff

jowolff.bsky.social

28 June 2025 20:30

Almost 200 years old but Marx and Engels did seem to know what they were talking about in The Communist Manifesto.